Military BRAC Datacenter Sites
At a glance
Property released through Base Realignment and Closure. BRAC sites are rare but can offer large secured footprints with robust legacy power and communications infrastructure.
How do military brac sites compare with other site types?
Military BRAC sites are the 9th-largest of 9 site types by count and the 7th-highest of 9 by average DC Readiness. Their 50.4 average is below the 53.0 average across all 147,272 sites. The average interconnection-queue wait in their markets, 5.2 yrs, is the 9th-shortest of 9. The military brac category is strongest on fiber connectivity, averaging 78.1 against a national average of 69.1; its weakest factor is water, at 59.2 versus 72.3 nationally.
Where are military brac datacenter sites located?
The five states with the most are California (9, 35%), Indiana (3, 12%), Massachusetts (2, 8%), Illinois (2, 8%) and Maine (1, 4%). Military BRAC sites appear in 14 states. By grid region, CAISO holds 32%, MISO holds 20% and ISO-NE holds 16%.
Military BRAC sites by state
Average sub-score profile
Top 25 military brac datacenter sites
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Cities AAP | Military BRAC | MN | Ramsey County | — | — | 4.3 yrs | 56.8 |
| Stratford Army Engine Plant | Military BRAC | CT | Greater Bridgeport County | — | — | 4.3 yrs | 56.3 |
| CSO NAS South Weymouth | Military BRAC | MA | Norfolk County | — | — | 4.3 yrs | 56.1 |
| Fort Benjamin Harrison | Military BRAC | IN | Marion County | — | — | 3.0 yrs | 55.5 |
| NAS Brunswick ME | Military BRAC | ME | Cumberland County | — | — | 4.3 yrs | 55.3 |
| NWIRP Bedford MA | Military BRAC | MA | Middlesex County | — | — | 4.3 yrs | 54.9 |
| Indiana Army Ammunition Plant | Military BRAC | IN | Clark County | — | — | 3.0 yrs | 54.3 |
| Fort Monmouth Main Post | Military BRAC | NJ | Monmouth County | — | — | 2.7 yrs | 53.6 |
| NAS JRB Willow Grove PA | Military BRAC | PA | Montgomery County | — | — | 3.6 yrs | 53.6 |
| Fort Monroe | Military BRAC | VA | Hampton County | — | — | 5.1 yrs | 53.5 |
| Rocky Mountain Arsenal | Military BRAC | CO | Adams County | — | — | 3.5 yrs | 52.4 |
| Jefferson Proving Ground | Military BRAC | IN | Ripley County | — | — | 3.0 yrs | 52.0 |
| Savanna Depot Act | Military BRAC | IL | Jo Daviess County | — | — | 4.8 yrs | 51.5 |
| CSO Barbers Point HI | Military BRAC | HI | Honolulu County | — | — | 4.3 yrs | 51.4 |
| Joliet AAP Elwood | Military BRAC | IL | Will County | — | — | 4.8 yrs | 49.1 |
| Green River Test Complex UT | Military BRAC | UT | Grand County | — | — | 3.5 yrs | 48.5 |
| CSO Hunters Point Annex | Military BRAC | CA | San Francisco County | — | — | 7.6 yrs | 48.1 |
| CSO NS Treasure Island | Military BRAC | CA | San Francisco County | — | — | 7.6 yrs | 48.0 |
| McClellan AFB | Military BRAC | CA | Sacramento County | — | — | 7.6 yrs | 46.9 |
| Site 3 NS Long Beach | Military BRAC | CA | Los Angeles County | — | — | 7.6 yrs | 46.7 |
| Riverbank AAP | Military BRAC | CA | Stanislaus County | — | — | 7.6 yrs | 46.1 |
| CSO NAS Alameda | Military BRAC | CA | Fresno County | — | — | 7.6 yrs | 45.8 |
| Det Concord (BRAC) | Military BRAC | CA | Contra Costa County | — | — | 7.6 yrs | 45.4 |
| CSO NSY Mare Island | Military BRAC | CA | Solano County | — | — | 7.6 yrs | 44.8 |
| Fort Wingate Depot Activity | Military BRAC | NM | McKinley County | — | — | 3.5 yrs | 43.9 |
What do the top-scoring military brac sites have in common?
The top 25 military brac sites score between 43.9 and 56.8. 8 are in California, 3 are in Indiana and 2 are in Massachusetts. Their counties have a median of 10 fixed fiber broadband providers in FCC data. The median distance to the nearest internet exchange facility is 14 km. The median interconnection-queue wait in their markets is 4.3 years. None of the 3 with a mapped FEMA flood zone sits in a high-risk (A or V) zone. 5 lie within 25 km of a binding transmission constraint.
Military BRAC site FAQ
What is a military brac datacenter site?
Property released through Base Realignment and Closure. BRAC sites are rare but can offer large secured footprints with robust legacy power and communications infrastructure.
How many military brac datacenter sites are there?
GridCensus catalogs 26 military brac candidate sites nationwide, averaging 50.4/100 DC Readiness — 0.0% of all scored sites.
Which state has the most military brac datacenter sites?
California leads with 9 military brac candidate sites, followed by Indiana with 3.
What is the highest-scoring military brac datacenter site?
Twin Cities AAP in Ramsey County, Minnesota has the highest DC Readiness Score of any military brac site, at 56.8/100.
How long is the interconnection queue for military brac sites?
Military BRAC candidate sites sit in markets with an average interconnection-queue wait of 5.2 yrs, the 9th-shortest of 9 site types.
Other datacenter site types
- Greenfield datacenter sites· 18,112 sites
- Industrial datacenter sites· 35,788 sites
- Substation-Adjacent datacenter sites· 38,820 sites
- Former Mine datacenter sites· 26,205 sites
- Federal Excess datacenter sites· 17,528 sites
- Manufacturing datacenter sites· 7,657 sites
- Shovel-Ready datacenter sites· 2,365 sites
- Brownfield datacenter sites· 771 sites
By grid region
Dataset updated . Screening estimates derived from public data sources.
About this data
Source: GridCensus composite of HIFLD transmission and substation data, EIA, FEMA National Risk Index, FCC broadband data, PeeringDB and ISO interconnection queues, as published November 12, 2026 — GridCensus refreshes it monthly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: GridCensus, “Military BRAC datacenter candidate sites”, https://gridcensus.com/site-types/military-brac (data as of November 12, 2026).
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